High-Earner Child Support Cases in
the News
The Bren Case: A Refreshing Perspective
on Child Support
12/28/07
Let the child support negotiations begin
Arizona Daily Star, 8/23/07
"[NFL Star quarterback] Tom Brady’s
ex-girlfriend gave birth to a son
Wednesday in Los Angeles. Let the child
support negotiations begin."
T-Mac Has Child Support Issues
AOL Sports, 8/17/07
"Tracy McGrady is generally known as
one of the league's good guys, not to
mention one of its most likable...McGrady's
attorneys say in court records that the
[ex-girlfriend's child support] claim is
more about the mother's 'desire for a
high lifestyle rather than any
reasonable needs of a minor child.'"
Matt Leinart, Brynn Cameron Agree on
$15,000 a Month Child Support
AOL Sports, 7/30/07
"Leinart will shell out $15,000 per
month in child support, around half of
what [ex-girlfriend] Cameron claimed she
needed to care for the couple's
nine-month-old son, Cole."
Giants' Strahan Said to Weigh Retirement
Associated Press, 7/27/07
"Shrahan considers retirement or is
bargaining for more money after his ex
was 'awarded $15.3 million along with
child support for their twin daughters
at $18,000 a month.'"
She Squanders Her Divorce Settlement, so
He Has to Pay Her Again--30 Years Later!
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UK Alimony Outrage Reversed
Glenn Sacks' Blog, 7/26/07, 7/3/07
"Dennis North gets married and has
three kids. His wife cheats on him and
they get divorced. Dennis buys her a
house and investments as part of the
divorce settlement, and raises the three
kids himself. Later, he pays her more
money, even though she refuses to work.
She squanders the money he gave her, and
now, 30 years later, guess what? He
has to pay her all over again
because she's 'fallen on hard times.'"
Paul McCartney Reaches Divorce
Settlement
Rolling Stone, 7/23/07
"Paul McCartney will pay ex-wife
Heather Mills 'a total of $140 million
broken up into an initial payment of $30
million, with an additional $7 million
every year until their 3-year-old
daughter turns 18.'"
Child Support 90210
FilmStew, 7/16/07
"Endeavor Talent Agency partner Adam
Venit is ordered to pay $31,603 a month
in child support."
Combs' Ex Goes for Big Bucks
New York Post, 7/15/07
"'There is no reason that Ms. Porter
shouldn't be able to get close to
$100,000 or more per month in child
support [from Sean Combs],' celebrity
divorce lawyer Raoul Felder told Page
Six."
50 Cent in Child Support Court Battle
ABC News, 6/24/07
"The $25,000 a month in child support
and household expenses that rapper 50
Cent pays to the mother of his
10-year-old son is not enough, says the
boy's mother."
Answer to Rison’s child support?
Bankruptcy
Associated Press, 6/12/07
"Former NFL star Andre Rison faces a
court-ordered bankruptcy to pay more
than $105,000 in back child support and
other claims."
